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Sustainable land management (SLM) represents a holistic approach to achieving long-term productive ecosystems by integrating biophysical, sociocultural and economic needs and values. SLM is one of the main mechanisms to achieve land degradation neutrality. To foster and facilitate the adoption of SLM practices that address desertification/land degradation and drought while mitigating climate change and enhancing climate change adaptation, the Science-Policy Interface assessed the synergistic potential of SLM practices while also critically evaluating the possible trade-offs between the different objectives. The assessment provides a scientifically sound basis to understand the potential of SLM to contribute to multiple objectives and provides practical guidance for creating an enabling environment for the selection and large-scale implementation of effective, locally adapted SLM practices. This document presents a summary of the main scientific findings resulting from the assessment of the synergistic potential of SLM as well as conclusions and proposals for consideration by the Committee on Science and Technology at its thirteenth session.